Camera system with image blur correction

Abstract

In a camera system that includes a lens unit and a camera body, the camera body includes: an image blur detecting unit that detects image blur in a plurality of directions; an image blur correcting unit that performs image blur correction in the plurality of directions; a determining unit that determines whether a mounted lens unit is a lens unit that performs the image blur correction; and an image blur correction control unit that performs control in such a way that, when a determination result of the determining unit is true (Yes), the image blur correcting unit performs the image blur correction only in specific directions from among the plurality of directions, and that performs control in such a way that, when the determination result of the determining unit is false (No), the image blur correcting unit performs the image blur correction in the plurality of directions.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A camera system that includes a lens unit and a camera body that the lens unit is attached to or detached from, wherein
 the camera body includes:
 an image blur detecting unit that detects image blur in a plurality of directions, the image blur being associated with movement of the camera system in the plurality of directions; 
 an image blur correcting unit that performs image blur correction in the plurality of directions; 
 a determining unit that determines whether the lens unit mounted onto the camera body is a lens unit that performs the image blur correction; and 
 an image blur correction control unit that performs control in such a way that, when the determining unit determines that the lens unit mounted onto the camera body is the lens unit that performs the image blur correction, the image blur correcting unit performs the image blur correction only in specific directions from among the plurality of directions, the specific directions including at least a roll direction that is a direction of rotation with respect to an optical-axis direction of the lens unit, and that performs control in such a way that, when the determining unit determines that the lens unit mounted onto the camera body is not the lens unit that performs the image blur correction, the image blur correcting unit performs the image blur correction in the plurality of directions including the specific directions, and 
 
 the image blur correction control unit performs control in such a way that an image blur correction cycle in the specific directions when the image blur correcting unit performs the image blur correction only in the specific directions is shorter than the image blur correction cycle in the specific directions when the image blur correcting unit performs the image blur correction in the plurality of directions. 
 
     
     
       2. The camera system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 when the determining unit determines that the mounted lens unit is a lens unit that performs the image blur correction, the camera body transmits, to the lens unit, an image blur correction amount according to image blur in a direction other than the specific directions from among the image blur in the plurality of directions, the image blur having been detected by the image blur detecting unit, and 
 the lens unit performs the image blur correction including correction of the image blur correction amount transmitted by the camera body. 
 
     
     
       3. The camera system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the specific direction is the roll direction that is the direction of the rotation with respect to the optical-axis direction of the lens unit. 
 
     
     
       4. The camera system according to  claim 2 , wherein
 the specific direction is the roll direction that is the direction of the rotation with respect to the optical-axis direction of the lens unit, and 
 the image blur in the direction other than the specific directions, the image blur having been detected by the image blur detecting unit, is parallel blurring that is image blur based on the movement of the camera system in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction on an imaging plane. 
 
     
     
       5. The camera system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the plurality of directions include the roll direction, a first direction, and a second direction, the first direction and the second direction being two rotation directions that are perpendicular to the optical-axis direction of the lens unit, 
 the specific directions are the roll direction and the first direction, 
 when the determining unit determines that the mounted lens unit is the lens unit that performs the image blur correction, and when the lens unit performs the image blur correction in the two rotation directions, the lens unit performs the image blur correction only in the second direction, 
 when the image blur correcting unit performs the image blur correction only in the roll direction and the first direction, the image blur correction control unit performs control in such a way that the image blur correction cycle in the first direction is half of the image blur correction cycle in the first direction when the image blur correcting unit performs the image blur correction in the two rotation directions, and 
 the image blur correction cycle in the second direction when the lens unit performs the image blur correction only in the second direction is half of the image blur correction cycle in the second direction when the lens unit performs the image blur correction in the two rotation directions. 
 
     
     
       6. The camera system according to  claim 5 , wherein
 the two rotation directions are two directions, a yaw direction and a pitch direction, that are rotation directions perpendicular to the optical-axis direction of the lens unit.